Tractor
by Jay Snyder
June 21, 2008
 Tractors are noisy, ugly things aren't they? They constantly emit a grating racket, clearly audible in all directions when they are going about the business of plowing down everything in their path, much akin to Bristol's finest noise-rock trio sporting the same moniker. Tractor embodies the fiercely DIY values of the underground extreme music scene and unleashes a rhythmic carpet-bombing of haggard drumming, driving bass groove, and searing walls of guitar noise topped off ...
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Las Cruces
by Chris Barnes
May 21, 2008
 One of my top five Doom Metal albums of all time is Las Cruces' massive Ringmaster. That thing is a juggernaut of crushing riffs, old school Sabbathian swing and the awe-inspiring lung power of Mark Zammeron. The original issue of this monster quickly went out of print, but Ringmaster has just been reissued on it's 10th anniverary and is once again available to low-end lovers everywhere. Hellride Music sits down to talk with Las Cruces' guitar...
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Lair of the Minotaur
by Chris Barnes
April 19, 2008
 Lair of the Minotaur is the perfect combo of Slayer/Celtic Frost sensibilities and Venom aesthetic. Listening to a LotM album in full is akin to spending a full cycle inside your local Laundromat's industrial sized dryer. Brutal, punishing but pretty damn entertaining at least for the guy standing outside the dryer looking in. Their new album, War Metal Battle ...
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Scarecrow
by Jay Snyder
April 16, 2008
 Thrash has been coming back in a big way in recent times. Not that it ever died if you’ve been paying attention but lately it seems like a new bevy of shredders are popping up in every corner of the world. Amongst the new blood the Bay Area’s Scarecrow stands strong. Featuring a cast of scene veterans who’ve experienced more than their share of action, the tightly knit four piece have a sound that brings back fond memories of Kill ‘Em All era Metallica, Testament,...
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Black Shape Of Nexus
by Chris Barnes
March 22, 2008
 The MASSSIVE low end frequencies that uttered forth from Black Shape Of Nexus' self-titled debut blew the front right speaker in my Jeep Grand Cherokee. OK, so it might have been the result of the Chrysler/Dodge folks putting in shitty speakers in the first place, but there is no doubt that B.SON is primal heavy material, as it is unique and innovative. Take equal parts Khanate, Iron Monkey, ISIS, Electric Wizard and the German penchant for engineering and you've...
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Hail!Hornet
by Chris Barnes
March 10, 2008
 How's this for Southern Discomfort? Lock T. Roy from Sourvein, Dixie Dave from Weedeater,Vince Burke from Beaten Back To Pure and the ubiquitous Erik Larson from Alabama Thunderpussy, et al, into a room with amps, guitars, drums, mics, bass and more amps, some recording equipment (and a steady supply of cheap bourbon) and let them go apeshit. That's almost the story of Hail!Hornet (the real one is better) but the outcome is the same - Tinnitis. The d...
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Wildildlife
by Jay Snyder
March 7, 2008
 San Francisco's, Wildildlife hold top honors for releasing one of the weirdest albums I heard all last year. To top things off the group proved that there wasn't a chance in Hell of me getting their name right, either. At first I thought it was simply Wildlife and then Wildidlife but it turns out I was a letter shy even with that attempt. All complications aside this is a band that defies all description. Their music pours out in damaged outbursts of krautrock, doom, pop,...
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Iron Man
by Chris Barnes
February 20, 2008
 Al Morris III is a Doom Metal legend and one of the best guitar players to ever pick up the instrument, period, end of sentence. He's captained Iron Man through three remarkable full-length recordings on the legendary Hellhound and Brain Ticket labels and has just released the stunning Submission EP with a stellar new line-up of musicians, all vets from the DC Doom scene and fully committed to seeing Iron Man succeed. It was my distinct pleasure to i...
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Tooth
by Jay Snyder
February 12, 2008
 Most bands who are only an EP deep into their career are probably not worth taking the time to interview, but Durham, North Carolina's Tooth marks an exciting exception to that rule. While their debut Animality doesn't even crack the 20 minute mark, the band displays a frightening tenacity with their schizophrenic musical tactics. They take the ingredients of doom, thrash, punk and stoner rock; chop 'em up, toss 'em into a blender and allow the contents t...
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The Lamp Of Thoth
by Chris Barnes
January 15, 2008
 Looking at Hellride Music as a microcosm of misfit Doom and Cult Metal freaks that it is, perhaps no other band has generated as much pure, grass-roots enthusiasm on the boards here as England's own The Lamp Of Thoth. A stunning amalgamation of Doom Metal, NWOBHM ethic and Yorkshireman creed, The Lamp has captured everything that could possibly be great about our beloved Heavy Metal on their debut for Miskatonic Records, Cauldron Of Witchery… even a Ciri...
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